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Comment by cspatton

A couple of good ways to help gather these items are to show up at the "Overturned Shipments" that occasionally pop up in the zone. There will be a number of crates about, you can loot them for some easy items. Another way is to kill the Champions that periodically spawn in the zone. They appear to be tagged to faction, so if your side has him, help out and you should get a good number of each of the items from the kill. You should be able to see either of these on your map (the overturned shipments and the champions).

Comment by suffacate

Killing the Kor'kron commanders (who spawn all around N. Barrens, they are marked on your map) rewards these four items much more quickly than traditional "farming."I got ~10-45 of each item for every commander I killed. And the commanders respawn relatively quickly.

Protecting caravans and collecting items from overturned caravans are also another way to get these items.

Killing these commanders also gives you a chance for a drop of Latent Kor'Kron Chestpiece, Belt, Helm, etc, which you can combine with a Radical Mojo to create a 489 epic that suits your character's spec.

Comment by decembre

There are four ways to get these supplies:

1) Farming the four camps scattered across the Northern Barrens. There is one for each item: lumber, oil, meat, and stone. Each camp has numerous normal mobs that drop 1-2 supplies, and weak elites (~1.5-3mil health) that drop more (~5-10). Solo, this is slow going. But the supplies are shared loot off of kills in a party, so you can easily steamroll the camps with AoE and everyone in the party can quickly stock up. Pull everything in sight and you can easily get 10-15 per pack of mobs each. They also drop lesser charms pretty often. Latent Kor'kron armor will also drop from normal mobs--in 30 mins of AoE farming, a pair of us picked up four pieces.

2) Killing the Kor'kron Commanders. Great drop rate (~10-40 of each), but will need sufficient numbers and possibly a healer or two. The worst ones will have a heavy hitting attack that will also toss you up in the air for fall damage. And a raining blades raid damage attack which is interruptible. Possible to corpse run these bosses, but some of the graveyards are in really distant or annoying locations (back side of a huge hill, for instance).

3) Protecting the caravans. Easily done with 1-2 people and really simple if you catch them early. Can be a pain if you arrive late and no one has thinned out the swarms of Kor'kron Raiders that have spawned over time. As you travel with the caravan, you get a stacking buff that determines how much supplies you get at the end in your Surplus Supplies. At 10 stacks, it can be as much as defeating a commander. The Raiders will carry supplies also.

4) Scavenging the Overturned Kor'kron Shipments. A zone announcement will go out, and the location of the shipment will be marked on your map. Three wagons will have overturned, scattering ~15-20 boxes of supplies per wagon, each with 1-2 supplies each (~80 supplies in total). The shipments will despawn after several minutes. The Competition can be cutthroat for these and it may not be worth chasing one down unless it spawns extremely close to you or the server isn't as busy.

Overall a really fun way to get a massive amount of VP. And without some of the LFR headaches!

Comment by Dameros

In case you were wondering, the supplies DO drop even without the quests in your quest log, so you can farm for the next week.

Comment by jrs418

Make it easier for you to see items

System Graphics = lowView distance = high Particle density = ultra

Comment by tangneyp

If you abandoned the quest like I did, Ki'ta Arrowtusk located at Razor Hill Watchtower (49,40)

Comment by Sofku

If you choose the more traditional farming method, remember to look out for Overburdened Laborers; they have 3.1m health, but are otherwise easy to kill and drop much more (~10) supplies than normal mobs. They have a yellowish glow so you can spot them easily.

Comment by Dakahree

Are there any particular spawn points to check on these caravans since the map icons are bugged?

Comment by ArielAtom

Easy peasy - druid flight form scavenge

Comment by bt13

are the 'shipments' confined to the roads or are they all over the place?

I have yet to find one, and have seen about a million zone announcements. They don't show up on my map... don't use any add-ons other than the wowhead one.

Comment by druidthumb

Whenever a line pops up saying 'A Kor'kron shipment of <blank> has been overturned!' The icon doesn't come up on my map. How do I solve this?

Comment by vampireplacebo

Can anyone tell me what day this quest resets?

Comment by popo

my chat is getting spammed with overturned shipments, but even when im right ontop of the are, nothing on my map and i have scoured over the whole place and cant find it, im lucky when one shows up, and theres nobody even around

Comment by evie2883

And the macro to check if you've done the quest this week:

/run print("Battlefields barrens: ", IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(32862))

Comment by rpmendez

Since this area is VERY bugged right now, I started collecting some data on the caravans (overturned and escorted) since they are the most efficient way to collect the resources needed for the weekly quest.

The commanders are also an efficient way but require a group of 4-5 minimum. Yes, I've heard the boasts from DKs and Druids that they solo'd them and I give them a hearty pat on the back. Since it takes about 5-10 minutes for a group of 5 to kill one, I don't suggest soloing them. The good news is they are NOT faction tagged and you do not have to be in a group to loot the resources. Just hang out by one for a few minutes, maybe say something in general chat and people will come. Everyone, Horde and Alliance alike, that damage the commander will get credit and be able to loot the corpse.

I would like to point out that the following information is from my Horde toon. If you have similar data from an Alliance toon or any additional info or corrections, please contact me so I can add it rather than downvote me, I'm just trying to help :)

Here is a map of the overturned carts I have found and their corresponding TomTom waypoints:

I'm sure there are more, and I will update this as I find them. Please note the coords are rounded off but the carts and their contents are strewn over a fair size area and you will easily be able to see them if they are there. Unfortunately there are alot of false announcements you will see so the carts may not be there. Someone on my server was talking about this being a cross-realm bug. I can neither confirm nor deny this but it makes sense to me.

The overturned carts despawn after a certain amount of time. I have not accurately timed this but it seems like 3-5 minutes. They also despawn after EVERY crate has been picked up. If you get to one early and they have not despawned after you think you picked up every crate, look more carefully. Some crates are often partialy embedded in the carts and/or surrounding terrain.

Here is a map of the Horde caravans that need to be escorted. They begin at the tail of the arrow and end at the point. I'm sure there are more and will add them as I find them.

The longer you escort a caravan, the more resources you will gain at the end. There is a buff that indicates how long you've escorted it.

While escorting the caravan they will be attacked by marauders riding wolves. If you kill the rider first, the wolf will despawn and you will get 1-2 lumber when you loot the rider's corpse. If you kill the wolf first you will be able to loot the wolf for 1-2 meat and the rider will continue attacking until dead at which point you will still be able to loot the lumber. I recommend if you are alone just target the riders so you don't end up with too many to handle. If there is anyone else escorting and you need meat, I recommend targeting the wolf since most people don't.

You can also target the opposing faction's caravans and kill them for alot of resources as well, however they are not announced when they spawn so you will have to be lucky enough to stumble on one and have it not being escorted by the opposing faction, in which case you will likely wind up dead and gain no resources.

I hope you found this useful and contribute any additional info you can!

---------Update 7/24/2013:Added 2 more overturned carts and updated map with additional cart escort route.I don't know why this got downvoted. If you downvote, do like the website suggests and add a reply to describe what you find wrong with the post.

Comment by 0123456

I can say now with certainty that the zone-wide announcements about overturned caravans is not true... well, perhaps on a server SOMEWHERE, each time. My guildies, friends and I swarmed the Barrens and fanned out, only to find that NOBODY got icons on their maps for most the alerts. I think that perhaps the announcement/alert goes out for all realms, but maybe the items are seen only on one at a time? How else to explain why I did see an icon in the Dry Hills all the way from Ratchet (no where near me), but yet 38 characters spread out all over the Barrens don't see 90% of the alerts as icons on their maps? This storyline, while it nicely brings people together for common rewards, is thoroughly bugged, a fact which GM's will not admit to.

Comment by Alfreya

Can anyone please confirm if this event is still live, or has it ended now ?Also, if it has ended, does anyone know if we can still turn in our radical mojos and equipment to anyone?

Comment by direpath

Originally, I would have said that killing commanders is the best method. I would recommend a mixed approach. I figure out what the current target is and join the fight. Then I will farm whatever spot is nearest to the next one, while people gather and engage.

I also will escort a caravan here or there in between bosses as they give roughly the same materials for a almost complete escort for roughly the same time commitment as a commander.

Overburdened Peons will appear in the resource areas as well. They have a lot of health and look reminiscient of Diablo 3's Treasure Goblin. They will drop 7-10 units of one resource. It is not tied to the particular area you kill them in, to my knowledge.

Also to note, the commanders scale as more engage in combat. I watched a commander's healthe jump by a few hundred k when one more player joined in the battle. Keep this in mind if you are planning on waiting until the last minute and cherry picking.

Comment by Throcky

From personal experience I have found out that if you're a healer whether MS or OS, you can actually single-handedly escort those Caravans. You can simply just heal the Caravans as they make way and wont pull any aggro off of the guys trying to take it down. You might receive some damage here and there but it is not anything to stress over!

Comment by Xobu

While you may be able to loot the drops even if you are not on the Quest, the items do NOT drop if you are in a raid group!

Comment by Xbloodwolf

Okay, I need help. I cannot grab the quest. Do I have to do something special to get it? Any help would be MUCH appreciated. :D

Comment by dbztitan

You may or may not have noticed that the Commanders drop extra of one type of resource. It may seem like what resource you get is random and you end up with 200+ of one resource and not enough of another. But the "extra" resource is NOT random. Each type of Commander drops a specific extra resource:

Goblins (Rocket Boost, Molotov Barrage, etc.) - Oil

Casters (Ominous Bolt, Tornadoes, etc.) - Stone

Rogues (Fan of Knives, Venom Pools, etc.) - Lumber

Warriors (Heroic Leap, Disrupting Bellow, etc.) - Meat

So if you get accustomed to the names and/or their graphics and know which one you're about to fight, you'll know what extra resource to expect. My apologies if this was common knowledge, but hopefully it helped some of you out.

Happy hunting.

Comment by STrek

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

Can somebody explain this? I just accepted this quest yesterday. Or can somybody guide me where this is stated on a blue post or official news item, plz.I suppose this is thru when 5.4 goes live but as far as I know 5.4 is on PTR only (yet).

Comment by Kyna112

I'm a druid, and it's easy to do the quest in flightform, you save a lot of time :) So if you are an druid flightform remeber, the enemies don't kill you as long as you don't touch the ground ;) I hope that this maybe helped you ^^ Good luck anyway!